GITEX World RobotiX to debut humanoid robots and embodied AI in Dubai

GITEX World RobotiX will debut at GITEX GLOBAL 2026 in Dubai from 8-11 December, bringing humanoid robots, embodied AI systems and autonomous machines to a global audience. The showcase lands as humanoid shipments rise fast worldwide and Dubai pushes its own robotics deployment goals.

Why it matters: - GITEX World RobotiX is designed to turn Physical AI from a concept into deployable machines across manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, hospitality and smart infrastructure. - The event lands as global demand for humanoid robots accelerates sharply, with shipments expected to top 50,000 units by year-end. - Dubai is also positioning itself as a robotics hub through a plan to deploy 200,000 robots over 10 years to 2032.

What happened: - GITEX GLOBAL is adding a new launch event, GITEX World RobotiX, at Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai, from 8-11 December 2026. - The broader GITEX GLOBAL 2026 program opens with the GITEX Summit on 7 December at Dubai World Trade Centre. - The showcase will feature robotics pioneers and embodied AI companies from around the world. - Counterpoint Research said more than 22,000 humanoid robots were shipped globally in the first half of 2026, up 300% year over year. - Unitree, which the release describes as holding 31% of the global humanoid market, is among the headline participants.

The details: - UBTECH will show humanoids already deployed in car factories and being tested by Airbus. - AiMOGA, Chery Auto’s embodied AI robotics brand, is also part of the lineup. - DEEP Robotics will bring quadruped robotics. - Micropolis Robotics, based in the UAE, will present autonomous patrol robots used by Dubai Police. - Mangobot will show autonomous general-purpose robots, patrol robots, multilingual robot receptionists, live robotic performances and wearable exoskeleton technology. - Mangobot CTO Mazen El-Kurdi said the goal is to show what working alongside robots feels like. - Lumos Robotics will make the Middle East debut of MOS 2, a wheeled AI Worker with dual arms that can carry payloads up to 50 kg and run for more than eight hours. - Lumos Robotics said first-generation MOS robots logged more than 1,000 hours of continuous, failure-free operation at Mitsubishi Electric’s Changshu factory on material handling, quality inspection and screwdriving. - Lumos Robotics will also show NIX S3 in a live dance performance to demonstrate 21 degrees of freedom, high-torque joints, agility and dynamic motion. - Lootah Robotics will showcase humanoid, quadruped, service, cleaning and telepresence robots from Unitree, AGIBOT, Pudu Robotics, UBTECH and EngineAI. - Light Origins will present its first public demonstration of a bunny-shaped robot with live household-scenario demos. - Raydiculous will make its Middle East debut with TP01, a humanoid that can communicate in English and Arabic and perform synchronized movements. - Raydiculous will also show DINOBOT, described as an intelligent bipedal walking bionic dinosaur. - Besomi will introduce six humanoid and mobile robots called the Besomi Rangers. - Besomi’s stand will include Unitree, Seeed Studio, Arduino and Qualcomm. - Besomi will run a live Robotics & AI Lab with hands-on engineering training using the Arduino VENTUNO platform developed with Qualcomm. - JWIPC will launch robotic controllers built on NVIDIA’s Thor module. - JWIPC said the Thor module delivers up to 2,070 TFLOPS of FP4 computing performance. - Songying Technology will demonstrate ORCA OS and ORCA Lab, linking simulation, synthetic data generation, AI training, validation and deployment. - Vecow will unveil rugged Edge AI and robotics platforms powered by NVIDIA, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm and NXP, and introduce its UAE team.

Between the lines: - The event mixes commercial robotics, public demos and developer tools, signaling that embodied AI is moving beyond lab prototypes toward integrated products and deployment ecosystems. - The strong presence of humanoids, quadrupeds, exoskeletons and control hardware suggests the market is expanding across both visible robots and the underlying compute stack. - Dubai is using GITEX to reinforce its pitch as a regional testbed for advanced automation and a meeting point for global robotics companies.

What's next: - GITEX World RobotiX will run during GITEX GLOBAL 2026 from 8-11 December in Dubai. - The main GITEX GLOBAL program begins with the summit on 7 December before the expo opens at Expo City Dubai. - Organizers say the broader event will bring together 6,000-plus enterprise and startup exhibitors and tens of thousands of government leaders, executives, investors and buyers from 180 countries. - The release frames the show as part of Dubai’s wider push to accelerate robotics adoption and regional deployments.